Opening day action of the Allstate Sugar Bowl CYO Basketball Tournament wrapped up with Country Day, Brother Martin, Ellender, Jesuit, Rummel, St. Augustine, Hahnville and Ehret all earning victories. Those eight schools advance in winners bracket action on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The losing teams will be in action at 6 p.m. The event's championship game will be played on Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. at Jesuit High School. Semifinal action will also take place at Jesuit (Friday, 6 and 7:30 p.m.).

Rummel's Amani Thomas tallied 18 points and eight rebounds while Casey Wage scored 13 in the Raiders' 55-45 win over Karr. Karr was led by Rodney Dixon with 15 points and Jimmy Duplessis with 10.

Matt Derenbecker scored 25 points with four blocks and three steals to lead Country Day to a 65-44 win over St. Charles. Colin Hind and Nick Hansel scored 12 and 11 points, respectively, for the Cajuns. The Comets were paced by 14 points from Birch Matus and 13 from Taylor Peytavin.

Troy Deemer and Ryan Berger each scored 14 points to lead Brother Martin to a 55-44 win over St. Thomas Aquinas. Shane Rillieux added 12. Stephen Wronkoski led St. Thomas Aquinas with 20 points.

In addition to the basketball action, at halftime of the championship game (Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Jesuit High School), the late Johnny Altobello will be honored. Altobello won the first seven CYO tournaments as the coach at DeLaSalle and St. Aloysius (now Brother Martin). The championship trophy for the CYO Tournament will now bear his name. His family and representatives from DeLaSalle and Brother Martin will be on hand for that half-time presentation.